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"Been there, done that."

This is how Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III responded when asked about the foiled attempt to change the leadership in the Upper Chamber recently.

In an interview on Friday, Feb. 6, Sotto said that, being in the Senate since 1992, he's already used to this scenario as he experienced it multiple times during his tenure. (via Dhel Nazario | MB)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/02/06/been-there-done-that-sotto-unfazed-by-leadership-change-efforts

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00:00Sir, sinabi niyo na po, kaibigan niyo po silang lahat, lahat naman ng mga senador.
00:05And syempre, yung iba dyan, mga mentor kayo, sir.
00:08Pero sir, at some point, hindi po ba kayo na feel bad or hindi po kayo na hurt?
00:12Yung mga, after po nito nangyaring may mga ugong ng palitan.
00:18Hindi.
00:20You know, come to think of it, ano, dyan sa tanong mo.
00:25Kung iisipin ko yung pakiramdam ko, nung sinasabi,
00:29na mayroon daw, ano, pakaraw, ganyan, ganyan, ano.
00:31Hindi.
00:34As, you know, I hate to use the term, ano, pero been there than that, eh.
00:391992 pa ako dyan, eh.
00:40Nung 1992 to 1998, 9th Congress, 9th Congress and 10th Congress,
00:46alim na taon yun, no.
00:47Nakaapat na palitan kami.
00:50Sanay ako sa palitan, eh.
00:52Kaya alam ko yung mga procedure, alam ko yung technique,
00:54alam ko rin kung paano yung ginagapang yung mga yan, eh.
00:57Nakaapat na palitan kami, eh.
00:58NEP muna.
01:00Pagkatapos, inalis namin si NEP, nilagyan namin si Ed Angara.
01:04Pagkatapos, Ed Angara, inalis namin, nilagyan namin si Maceda.
01:07Tapos, nung Sen. Emmanuel Ernie,
01:10ng Sen. President,
01:11bago mag-1998,
01:13pinalitan namin, pinalit namin si NEP.
01:15Apat na palit nga, eh.
01:17Diba?
01:18Pagdating naman nung 1998,
01:21nagkasunod-sunod ang palitan.
01:23Kasi, eh,
01:24eh,
01:24gusto ni ERAP nun,
01:27si Chief Justice Fernan.
01:30Ano?
01:30So, siya muna.
01:32Nagkasakit.
01:33Nilagyan namin si, ano,
01:35nilagyan namin si Ninong Blas.
01:37Ninong Blas.
01:39And then,
01:40nagka,
01:41nagkapalitan ng presidente.
01:43Natanggal si ERAP.
01:44Pag-upo ni Gloria,
01:45si Frank Trellon.
01:47Ano?
01:48And then, later on,
01:49sumunod na kongreso noon,
01:51wala ako doon si Frank.
01:52Pinalitan naman ni
01:53Manny Villar.
01:55Diba?
01:56Within, ah.
01:57Within.
02:00Pinakamahaba na yung, ano, eh.
02:02Pinakamahaba na yung,
02:03ah,
02:0518th Congress.
02:08Buong three years ako.
02:14Pinakamahaba na yun.
02:15Pero, sir,
02:15meron na ba kayong, ano,
02:17moving forward lang,
02:18meron na ba kayong plano
02:19to reach out with the minority
02:20and may plano din ba yung majority
02:22na madagdagan, syempre,
02:24yung numbers din nyo?
02:25Kasi,
02:25kung susumain, sir,
02:27marami rin po yung minority.
02:28Pero, meron na ba ang pag-uusap
02:29or nagpa-plano kayo
02:30i-reach out din sila?
02:32Um,
02:35in the sense na
02:37hindi kailangan maging majority,
02:38minority.
02:40You know?
02:41Um,
02:43yes,
02:44in a way na pwede kaming
02:45magsama-sama
02:46as a,
02:48uh,
02:49for the same
02:51advocacies.
02:52Ganon.
02:54You know?
02:54We can come up with a manifesto
02:56saying that, uh,
02:57we are for this,
02:58this, this, this,
02:59we are against this,
03:00this, this, this.
03:01Pwede magsama-sama
03:02ang majority,
03:03minority diyan.
03:04Ano?
03:05Um,
03:05pwedeng mawala yung
03:10dividing line.
03:11At kasi,
03:12nag-uusap-uusap din naman kami.
03:13Meron din may mga,
03:14mga kausap sa kanila
03:16na,
03:17uh,
03:18mapapagbigyan yung committee
03:19or may gustong committee
03:20or mayroong ayaw ng committee
03:22sa amin,
03:23ng members namin.
03:24Gustong,
03:24uh,
03:25gustong palitan yung committee niya,
03:27makatapos na yung trabaho niya.
03:28Anong gusto?
03:29Maraming ano yan,
03:30maraming
03:31possibilities, eh.
03:34So,
03:34in answer to your question,
03:36uh,
03:36it's not far-fetched
03:38na,
03:39uh,
03:40pwedeng magsama-sama
03:41ang ilan sa mga members
03:42ng minority
03:43sa majority.
03:43At majority, eh,
03:45kang, eh,
03:46hindi majority tawag,
03:47kundi, eh,
03:48uh,
03:48siguro,
03:49um,
03:51uh,
03:51group,
03:52senate group of,
03:53uh,
03:54same advocacies,
03:55para ganun.
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